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Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: It will be necessary for all public service management to follow suit. They too will have to be resilient when staff or their representatives act as if we were living in another era. Change will have to be delivered in all public service workplaces and in the ways that all public servants do their daily business. It is worth re-emphasising that these achievements have been made despite the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: Unfortunately, I am unable to provide the Deputy with all the specific information he has requested in relation to the breakdown of redundancies between Waterford city and county, as the Department does not collate statistics on that basis. The figures for the redundancy claims received for Waterford county for the past five years and to date in 2010 are set out in the table below. Actual...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (14 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is one of the front-line services directly affected by the downturn in the economy. There has been an unprecedented level of increase in claims being submitted to the Tribunal - from 3,173 in 2007 to 9,458 in 2009. This trend has continued in 2010 with approximately 8,571 new claims lodged between January and the end of November. This level of increase has...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. In my...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I can...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: The House should note that the National Employment Rights Authority is available, resourced and staffed. The Rights Commissioner is being provided with extra resources in order to supply workers in this area.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: I will respond to this amendment because of the number of issues and concerns about workers rights that have been raised. I appreciate the objective of Deputy Penrose and all other Deputies. The legal advice available to all of us, and confirmed to everyone in the House, is that an employee working under a contract of employment setting wages at or above the national minimum wage is already...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: If the amendment is accepted, it is likely-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: I listened for two hours.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: We have advice from many sources that if the amendment is accepted, it is likely it would render unenforceable existing contractual terms that provide for rates of pay to be determined by reference to the prevailing national minimum wage. There is a range of legislation available to an organisation that is subject to more criticism than praise in this House. I refer to NERA, the National...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: The cost of living is included-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: -----in the same way in the listing and is not there as a priority but as one of a series of factors to be taken into account. Deputy Penrose raised concerns that we are eliminating the Labour Court from the review function. The Labour Court is centrally involved in the review function. If the review function is initiated by IBEC or ICTU, the Labour Court will do so within 13 weeks. Under...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: It is important to put this on the record.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: I refer Deputy Shortall to the Department of Social Protection document, which was issued in the traditional format on Tuesday night with just facts. That document is still available to provide information.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: It is a cut, a reduction.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: What about the reduction over three years?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: Senator Cassidy would entertain him as well.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: Under the Employment Permits Act 2006 in order to work in Ireland, a third country migrant worker must have a correct and valid employment permit or have some other form of permission from the Minister for Justice and Law Reform to reside and work in Ireland. A contract of employment between a third country migrant worker required to have a work permit and an employer, which is not covered by...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy will have a chance to ask on this point on Wednesday next.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (8 Dec 2010)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees and, statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I can...